John Lescault

20 books

Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times by Thomas R. Martin

Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

Thomas R. Martin

328 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian by Thomas R. Martin

Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian

Thomas R. Martin

256 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books by Michael Dirda

Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books

Michael Dirda

246 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir informative reflective slow-paced
The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

699 pages • first pub -750 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

582 pages • first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual by Ward Farnsworth

The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual

Ward Farnsworth

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology self help challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past by David Reich

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

David Reich

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science reflective slow-paced
Atomic Bomb Island: Tinian, the Last Stage of the Manhattan Project, and the Dropping of Atomic Bombs on Japan in World War II by Don A. Farrell
Atomic Bomb Island: Tinian, the Last Stage of the Manhattan Project, and the Dropping of Atomic Bombs on Japan in World War II
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Don A. Farrell

Atomic Bomb Island: Tinian, the Last Stage of the Manhattan Project, and the Dropping of Atomic Bombs on Japan in World War II

Don A. Farrell

missing duration info • first pub 2018 (editions)

Escape from Alcatraz: The True Crime Classic by J. Campbell Bruce

Escape from Alcatraz: The True Crime Classic

J. Campbell Bruce

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime slow-paced
HOMER: The Iliad & the Odyssey by Homer
HOMER: The Iliad & the Odyssey
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Homer

HOMER: The Iliad & the Odyssey

Homer

1108 pages • missing pub info (editions)